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"I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it" - E.E. Cummings. Lord Byron. “ She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
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"I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it" - E.E. Cummings
Lord Byron “ She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies." - Lord Byron (She walks in beauty)
George Gorden or Lord Byron 1788: Born in London 1794: Inherits the title Lord Byron 1815: Marries Annabella Millbanke. 1816: Leaves England for the last time. 1824: He dies.
William Blake “ To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.” - William Blake (Auguries of Innocence.)
William Blake Born -1757 Starts at the Royal Academy -1779 Marries Catherine Boucher -1782 Publishes Songs of Innocence -1789 Died -1827
John Clare “ I ne'er was struck before that hour With love so sudden and so sweet, Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower And stole my heart away complete. My face turned pale as deadly pale. My legs refused to walk away, And when she looked, what could I ail? My life and all seemed turned to clay." - John Clare (First Love)
John Clare 1793: Born in Helpston, Northamptonshire 1806: Works as a pot boy at the Blue Bell Inn 1837: Admitted to High Beach Asylum 1864: Dies
Percy Bysshe Shelly “ The keen stars were twinkling And the fair moon was rising among them, Dear Jane: The guitar was tinkling, But the notes were not sweet till you sung them Again." - Percy Bysshe Shelly ( To Jane)
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792: Born in Sussex 1811: Marries Harriet Westbrook 1811: Publishes Necessity of Atheism 1814: Elopes with Mary WolstenCraft Godwin 1816: Befriends Lord Byron 1822: Dies in Italy
Samuel Taylor Coleridge “ But oh ! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover ! A savage place ! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover !" - Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Kubla Khan)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772: Born 1794: First poems published 1797: Meets Wordsworth 1798: Publishes Lyrical Ballads 1834: Dies
John Keats “ A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its lovliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; " - John Keats (A Thing Of Beauty)
John Keats 1795: Born in London 1814: Gives up his surgeon apprenticeship 1816: Publishes his first poem 1820: Moves to Italy to improve his health 1821: Dies in Rome
William Wordsworth “ I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils” - William Wordsworth (Daffodils)
William Wordsworth 1770: Born in Cockermouth, Cumberland 1790: Travels to France 1798: Publishes Lyrical Ballads with Coireridge 1843: Becomes Poet Laureate 1850: Dies